IMPACT 100 Reaches Historic High with 728 Members!
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area is pleased to announce that its 2012 Membership Drive has successfully concluded with 728 members. The organization will give back to the community by awarding 7 grants of $104,000 each to winning non-profits in Escambia and Santa Rosa County.This is the 9th year IMPACT 100 has awarded grants to local non-profits. The total grant amount awarded to date is $3,587,000 since the organization began in 2004.
“We are thrilled to have such an amazing response from our community and can’t wait to see what fantastic projects the non-profits submit this year,” said Marny Needle, president of IMPACT 100. “Thanks to every one of our members, the Pensacola Bay Area shines once again as the largest IMPACT 100 organization in the country.”
One grant will be awarded in each of the following focus areas: Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Recreation and Preservation, Family, and Health and Wellness. Two additional grants will be awarded to nonprofits in the categories with the most votes.
Member Reception & 2011 Grant Recipient Update
We are looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday, May 8, at the Pensacola Little Theater, 300 S. Jefferson Street, 5:00-7:00 pm for a Member Reception and 2011 Grant Recipient Update.
We hope to see a lot of our new members; we have your IMPACT 100 nametags ready for you! Returning members who have ordered replacement nametags will also be able to pick them up at this event.
AND, if you are interested in participating on a committee and have not yet signed up, please take the opportunity that evening. (The committee work is SO rewarding!)
It’s going to be exciting and gratifying to hear the progress our 2011 grant recipients have made. Please do come!
Free Seminar for Non Profits
IMPACT 100 invites all non-profits in Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties to attend a free grant-writing seminar on April 17th from 8:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at St. Christopher Episcopal Church, 3200 N. 12th Ave. in Pensacola. Guest speaker Barbara Lawson will present “Are You In Search of (ISO) a Winning Grant?” to help non-profits interested in applying for one of the seven, $104k IMPACT 100 grants to dream big and create a winning project. Attendance is limited to two members from each organization.
Barbara Lawson, a partner with Synergies Consulting Group in Maryland, helps public and private organizations become more effective and profitable. She grew The Columbia Foundation from $700k to $16M during her time as President of the organization. She has served with the American Red Cross, The Department of Health and Human Services and as a grant consultant to the U.S. Department of Justice.
RSVP to grants@impact100pensacola.org or call 1-888-992-5646 to reserve your place today.
